diff --git a/app/cogs/star_citizen.py b/app/cogs/star_citizen.py
index 1ccd07e0..446164f3 100755
--- a/app/cogs/star_citizen.py
+++ b/app/cogs/star_citizen.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class StarCitizen(commands.Cog):
         returns a list of all ships in the game, which can then be passed to the /ship command for auto complete
         """
         url = "https://starcitizen.tools/Category:Ships"
-        response = requests.get(url).text
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5).text
         soup = BeautifulSoup(response, "html.parser")
         h2_heading = soup.find("h2", text='Pages in category "Ships"')
         return [link.text for link in h2_heading.find_next("div").find_all("a")]
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class StarCitizen(commands.Cog):
                     print(
                         "Current incident url did not match whats in the file, must be a new incident, send alert"
                     )
-                    embed = star_citizen.build_alert_embed(
+                    embed = core_utils.build_alert_embed(
                         color=discord.Color.red(),
                         thumbnail="https://media.robertsspaceindustries.com/t0q21kbb3zrpt/source.png",
                         author="🚨    OH NO THERES AN INCIDENT    🚨",
@@ -293,22 +293,22 @@ class StarCitizen(commands.Cog):
                         details=details,
                         link=current_incident_url,
                     )
-                    star_citizen.write_incident_file(
+                    core_utils.write_incident_file(
                         file_path=rsi_incident_file,
                         url=current_incident_url,
                         details=details,
                     )
 
-                    await star_citizen.send_alert(self, channel=channel_id, embed=embed)
+                    await core_utils.send_alert(self, channel=channel_id, embed=embed)
                 elif deets != details:
                     # The details we have in the json file do not match what was recently posted to the website
                     # Update the json file on disk and then send an update alert to the channel
-                    star_citizen.write_incident_file(
+                    core_utils.write_incident_file(
                         file_path=rsi_incident_file,
                         url=current_incident_url,
                         details=details,
                     )
-                    embed = star_citizen.build_alert_embed(
+                    embed = core_utils.build_alert_embed(
                         color=discord.Color.yellow(),
                         thumbnail="https://media.robertsspaceindustries.com/t0q21kbb3zrpt/source.png",
                         author="⚠️ THERE HAS BEEN AN UPDATE TO THE ONGOING INCIDENT ⚠️",
@@ -317,16 +317,16 @@ class StarCitizen(commands.Cog):
                         link=incident_link,
                     )
 
-                    await star_citizen.send_alert(self, channel=channel_id, embed=embed)
+                    await core_utils.send_alert(self, channel=channel_id, embed=embed)
             else:
                 # Write the incident's body to a json file to read later
-                star_citizen.write_incident_file(
+                core_utils.write_incident_file(
                     file_path=rsi_incident_file,
                     url=current_incident_url,
                     details=details,
                 )
 
-                embed = star_citizen.build_alert_embed(
+                embed = core_utils.build_alert_embed(
                     color=discord.Color.red(),
                     thumbnail="https://media.robertsspaceindustries.com/t0q21kbb3zrpt/source.png",
                     author="🚨    OH NO THERES AN INCIDENT    🚨",
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class StarCitizen(commands.Cog):
                     link=current_incident_url,
                 )
 
-                await star_citizen.send_alert(self, channel=channel_id, embed=embed)
+                await core_utils.send_alert(self, channel=channel_id, embed=embed)
 
     @starcitizen.command(
         guild_ids=core_utils.my_guilds,
diff --git a/app/core_utils.py b/app/core_utils.py
index 172b1717..3bef00ed 100755
--- a/app/core_utils.py
+++ b/app/core_utils.py
@@ -81,3 +81,40 @@ def waifu_pics(endpoint, nsfw=False):
     return requests.get("https://api.waifu.pics/%s/%s" % (pic_type, endpoint)).json()[
         "url"
     ]
+
+
+async def send_alert(self, channel, embed):
+    await self.bot.get_channel(channel).send(embed=embed)
+
+
+def build_alert_embed(
+    color, thumbnail=None, author=None, image=None, details=None, link=None
+):
+    embed = discord.Embed(description="-------", color=color, type="rich")
+
+    if thumbnail:
+        embed.set_thumbnail(url=thumbnail)
+
+    embed.set_author(name=author)
+
+    if image:
+        embed.set_image(url=image)
+
+    embed.add_field(name="Details", value=details, inline=True)
+
+    embed.add_field(
+        name="LINK",
+        value=link,
+        inline=False,
+    )
+
+    return embed
+
+
+def write_incident_file(file_path, url, details):
+    info_dict = {
+        "incident_link": url,
+        "details": details,
+    }
+    with open(file_path, "w") as out_file:
+        out_file.write(json.dumps(info_dict))
diff --git a/app/star_citizen.py b/app/star_citizen.py
index 66b2a3d7..e044505b 100755
--- a/app/star_citizen.py
+++ b/app/star_citizen.py
@@ -8,43 +8,6 @@ import requests
 wiki_url = "https://starcitizen.tools/"
 
 
-async def send_alert(self, channel, embed):
-    await self.bot.get_channel(channel).send(embed=embed)
-
-
-def build_alert_embed(
-    color, thumbnail=None, author=None, image=None, details=None, link=None
-):
-    embed = discord.Embed(description="-------", color=color, type="rich")
-
-    if thumbnail:
-        embed.set_thumbnail(url=thumbnail)
-
-    embed.set_author(name=author)
-
-    if image:
-        embed.set_image(url=image)
-
-    embed.add_field(name="Details", value=details, inline=True)
-
-    embed.add_field(
-        name="LINK",
-        value=link,
-        inline=False,
-    )
-
-    return embed
-
-
-def write_incident_file(file_path, url, details):
-    info_dict = {
-        "incident_link": url,
-        "details": details,
-    }
-    with open(file_path, "w") as out_file:
-        out_file.write(json.dumps(info_dict))
-
-
 async def rsi_find(player):
     base_url = "https://robertsspaceindustries.com"